Terminator Planet
Publisher: Dispatch Books; CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2012
Place of publication: the first history of drone warfare, 2001-2050
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9781477475942
Description: The first history of drone warfare, written as it happened. From the opening missle salvo in the skies over Afghanistan in 2001 to a secret strike in the Philippines early this year, or a future in which drones dogfight off the coast of Africa, Terminator Planet takes you to the front lines of combat, Washington war rooms, and beyond. Drawing on several years of research -- including official documents, open-source intelligence, and interviews with military officers -- two of the foremost analysts specializing in drone war offer a sobering, factual account of robot warfare combined with critical analyses found nowhere else. Packed with rarely seen Pentagon photos, Terminator Planet provides a rich history of the last decade of drone warfare, a clear-eyed look at its present, and a far-reaching guide to its future. - Back cover.
Table of contents: title: Filling the skies with assassins; title: Droning on; title: The forty-year drone war; title: The perfect American weapon; title: Top guns no more; title: America's secret empire of drone bases; title: Sex and the single drone; title: The life and death of American drones; title: Offshore everywhere; title: The crash and burn future of robot warfare; title: Remotely piloted war; title: A drone-eat-drone world; title: America as a shining drone upon a hill